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PDP’s Siminialayi Fubara declared winner of Rivers State Governorship Election

Muhammad A. Aliyu
By Muhammad A. Aliyu
Published: March 20, 2023
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Siminialayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the Rivers State governorship election, which was held on March 18th, 2023.

The State Returning Officer, Professor Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, made the announcement on Monday night after a two-day collation process at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Head Office in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

According to the results declared by the Returning Officer, Fubara garnered 302,614 votes to defeat his closest rival Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 95,274 votes.

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, and Labour Party (LP)’s, Beatrice Itubo came a distant third and fourth with 46,981 and 22,224 votes, respectively.

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Professor Rim-Rukeh, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, explained that out of the 3,537,190 registered voters in the State, a total of 496,852 were accredited for the March 18th governorship election. He added that of the 494,604 total votes cast, 483,934 were valid while 10, 670 were rejected votes.

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